Solar eclipse of October 24, 1995
| Solar eclipse of October 24, 1995 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.3518 |
| Magnitude | 1.0213 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 130 sec (2 m 10 s) |
| Coordinates | 8°24′N 113°12′E / 8.4°N 113.2°E |
| Max. width of band | 78 km (48 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 4:33:30 |
| References | |
| Saros | 143 (22 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9498 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on October 24, 1995. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. The path of totality went through the Middle East, Asia, Indonesia.
Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
It is a part of Saros cycle 143, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 7, 1617 and total event from June 24, 1797 through October 24, 1995. It has hybrid eclipses from November 3, 2013 through December 6, 2067, and annular eclipses from December 16, 2085 through September 16, 2536. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on April 23, 2873. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 50 seconds on August 19, 1887.
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
Phil Whitaker's prize-winning debut novel Eclipse of the Sun published in 1997 and set in India has at its centre a dramatic attempt to organize a public viewing of the eclipse.
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